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SIGAR: US Aid May ‘Confer Legitimacy’ Onto Taliban

4th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in its newly released report said that the “Taliban” derives revenue from this aid in the form of “licenses,” “taxes,” and “administrative fees” imposed on NGOs and their employees as a condition for operating in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secretly funding Taliban, West funding Taliban, West supporting Taliban |
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US Imposes New Visa Restrictions on Certain Taliban Elements

2nd February, 2023 · admin

8am: US imposes new visa restrictions on some Taliban members who are believed to be involved in repressing the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. The restrictions come more than a month after the Taliban announced bans on women attending universities and working with non-governmental organizations, CNN reported. US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Central Bank Immunity, Afghanistan, and Judgments Against the Taliban

1st February, 2023 · admin

Lawfare: Afghan central bank assets in the United States were frozen by President Biden following the Taliban’s takeover of the government in August 2021. As discussed on Lawfare and the Transnational Litigation Blog, half of those assets have been transferred to the “Afghan Fund” in Switzerland to be used for the benefit of the Afghan

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Da Afghanistan Bank |
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Time for Elon Musk’s Starlink to Save Afghanistan’s Women

31st January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Mark R. Whittington, a renowned space exploration author, has discussed Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite that how best can help Afghan women who are banned from education by the Taliban, the Hill reported. The Starlink system can offer access to high-speed Internet in remote areas without installing cables or constructing a significant amount of new

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Leaving Afghanistan’s ‘Bagarm Airfield’ Was a Grave Military Mistake: Trump

30th January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: United States Former President Donald Trump criticized American forces’ hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan and said ‘Bagram Airfield’ has a strategic location to monitor China from a closer range. Bagram Airbase is located some 11 kilometers in southwest of Charikar, the provincial capital of Parwan province, which accommodated American forces until 2020. Click here to

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Bagram, Parwan |
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“Ex-Afghan President Total Fraud, Hampered Peace Talks”: US Ex Top Official

29th January, 2023 · admin

PTI: Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghanistan President who fled the country when the Taliban grabbed power in Kabul, was “a total fraud” solely focused on his own desire to stay in power and a big hurdle in any peace talks, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani, Ghani Government Failure |
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Mujahid: Previous Govt Opposed to Intra-Afghan Dialogue

28th January, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: The current government’s spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] was forced to take military action after being disappointed with the progress of the negotiations. These comments were made following the publication of a book by Mike Pompeo’s, the former US secretary of state. Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state

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Posted in Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani, Ghani Government Failure, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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Pompeo’s book full of lies, Afghanistan not an obstacle to peace: Former Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh

26th January, 2023 · admin

ANI: Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released his memoir titled “Never Give an Inch, Fighting for the America I Love”. In his memoir, Pompeo said that Afghanistan’s former president, Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah “led cartels that stole millions of dollars in aid money from the United States.”

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani |
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U.S. Marine couple at center of custody battle over Afghanistan war orphan tells their story

26th January, 2023 · admin

CBS News: A 3-year-old girl who was recovered as a baby after being injured in a military raid in Afghanistan is now at the center of court battles in the United States as two families say they want to care for her. An Afghan couple, now in the U.S., says they are the child’s rightful

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Posted in Other News, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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US covertly supporting Armed Groups in Afghanistan: Russia

21st January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The US has been reaching out to armed groups that oppose the current Afghan government and secretly financing them, as per Russia’s Presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, media reports said. He also said that “the United States is contacting armed opposition in Afghanistan and covertly sponsoring Islamic State, who are aimed at undermining

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, US aiding ISIS |
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